2007
DOI: 10.1097/01.sla.0000256392.04141.04
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A State-wide Review of Contemporary Outcomes of Gastric Bypass in Florida

Abstract: Increased utilization of bariatric surgery in Florida is associated with overall favorable short-term outcomes. Older age and male gender were associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Surgeon and hospital procedure volume have an inverse relationship with in-hospital complications and mortality.

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“…All six studies 27,28,30,36,38,39 examining surgical sequelae demonstrated increases in complications with lower surgeon volumes, including the three studies that reported adjusted results (Table 3).…”
Section: Association Between Facility-level or Surgeonlevel Surgmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…All six studies 27,28,30,36,38,39 examining surgical sequelae demonstrated increases in complications with lower surgeon volumes, including the three studies that reported adjusted results (Table 3).…”
Section: Association Between Facility-level or Surgeonlevel Surgmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Hospital Volume. All seven studies 26,27,[30][31][32]34,35 examining mortality found a significant inverse association between surgical volume and mortality ( (Table 3). One study 27 (n = 19,174) reported significantly higher mortality for surgeons who performed < 99 cases versus ≥ 500 cases over five years (RR 2.85, 95% CI, 1.32-6.16).…”
Section: Association Between Facility-level or Surgeonlevel Surgmentioning
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“…[1] As a result, the number of bariatric surgical procedures has also increased [2][3][4]. The implications for anesthetic and perioperative care of severely obese patients are considerable, and are believed to escalate in the presence of co-morbidities [5,6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…En los últimos 15 años, hemos logrado establecer un programa de tratamiento quirúrgico de la obesidad, con excelentes resultados a largo plazo, con una tasa de complicaciones comparables con las grandes series publicadas en la literatura mundial [29][30][31][32][33][34][35] . En nuestra experiencia, la mortalidad global postoperatoria es de 0,04%.…”
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